Die Sestigers

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Die Sestigers were a group of influential 1960s Afrikaans writers in South Africa known for their modernist, anti-establishment literature that challenged conservative social and political norms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group of writers
literary movement
country South Africa
fieldOfWork Afrikaans literature
drama
novels
poetry
genre modernist literature
hasPart Abraham H. de Vries
Adam Small
André Brink
linked to: André P. Brink

André P. Brink
Bartho Smit
Breyten Breytenbach
Chris Barnard
Dolf van Niekerk
Elsa Joubert
Etienne Leroux
Ingrid Jonker
Jan Rabie
P.G. du Plessis
linked to: P. G. du Plessis

Wilma Stockenström
ideology anti-apartheid
anti-establishment
inception 1960s
influenced later Afrikaans writers
influencedBy European modernism
French existentialism
Latin American magical realism
linked to: magical realism
language Afrikaans
location South Africa
mainSubject apartheid
political criticism
social criticism
movement modernism
movementParticipant Adam Small
André P. Brink
Breyten Breytenbach
Etienne Leroux
Ingrid Jonker
Jan Rabie
namedAfter the 1960s
notableWork Die kremetartekspedisie
Die reise van Isobelle
Kaapse dagboek
Kennis van die aand
Oomblik in die wind
Raka
Sewe dae by die Silbersteins
opposedTo Afrikaner nationalism
apartheid regime
censorship in South Africa
conservative social norms
cultural nationalism
startTime 1960s

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Sestigers alternativeName Die Sestigers